China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives

Local governments have urged residents to avoid outdoor activities, while several top tourist attractions remain closed, including parts of Disneyland and Legoland, and several viewing platforms on the Bund in Shanghai. Footage from state media showed ground‑floor businesses flooded in the former French Concession of Shanghai, a popular tourist area, with residents wading through ankle‑deep water. Several state media outlets reported that a nine‑year‑old boy from Wenling, Zhejiang, is missing after being swept into the sea. Chinese officials have not reported any casualties. Forecasters say parts of Zhejiang could receive 250 mm to 500 mm of rainfall over the next few days. In Hangzhou, the provincial capital, authorities waived parking fees in all public spaces for drivers seeking shelter from the strong winds and floodwaters. Elsewhere in the province, Wenzhou officials relocated some 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters, while about 390,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the city of Taizhou. In the coastal province of Fujian, maritime authorities suspended dozens of passenger ferry routes and halted more than 100 offshore operation projects. The tempest moved implicit a agelong region of 6,000km earlier making landfall, suggesting a lifespan of much than 3 times that of an mean typhoon, according to China's authorities broadcaster CCTV. It besides has a monolithic cirulation size and aggravated rainfall capacity, CCTV reported.